Professor Hermann Dischler
25th September 1866 – 20th March 1935
Hermann Dischler was born on the 25th of September in 1866 in Freiburg i.Br. He received his artistic training in the art school in Karlsruhe, he was student of Gustav Schönleber. Thereafter he was engaged as a painter in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald area.
1894, after he finished his studies, he built himself an artist’s workroom in Freiburg i.Br. At this time he went on a lot of trips and his trusty camera followed him everywhere. Five years later he started to number and comment his artworks, which he collected in 29 «Bildbüchern (books of pictures)».
In the winter months from 1905 to 1907 he stayed in the Todtnauer Hütte, where a lot of his oil studies arise.
The snowy winter landscapes became his typical theme and he called himself «Schneemoler (snowpainter)». 1917 he received his professorship by Grand Duke Friedrich II.
In 1927 he had an exhibition with artists like Curt Liebich, Julius Heffner, Wilhelm Nagel, Wilhelm Wickertsheimer a.o., they called themselves «Die Schwarzwälder (the Black Forests)». He died on the 20th of March in 1935 in Hinterzarten. Today his works are extremely appreciated because the snowy landscape present the untouched nature.
Lit: Exhibition Catalogue Augustiner Museum, Freiburg i.Br., 1993
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Winterauktionen 20.–21.11.2020
Ohlsson, Karl Enock
1889 Malmö - 1958 ibid.
A lively day in Lübeck harbour.
Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. White shrinking cracks, retouchings. Restored.
H 60,5,
On Ohlsson's veduta, one looks from the north over the river Trave to the port facilities of the
Ohlsson, Karl Enock
1889 Malmö - 1958 ebd.
Ein lebhafter Tag im Lübecker Hafen.
Öl auf Leinwand. U.r. sign. Frühschwundrisse, Retuschen. Altrest.
H. 60,5,
Auf Ohlssons Vedute blickt man von Norden über die Trave auf die Hafenanlagen des 19. Jahrhunderts und die berühmte Altstadt von Lübeck. Links im Bild hinter der Hubbrücke erkennt man den Turm des Burgtores. Etwas weiter rechts reckt sich der spitze Turmhelm der Jakobikirche in den Himmel, während sich in der rechten Bildhälfte die prominente Silhouette der gotischen Marienkirche mit ihrer Doppelturmfassade gegen den Horizont abzeichnet. Das beeindruckende Panorama und der rege Schiffsverkehr künden vom Reichtum und Ruhm der traditionsreichen Hansestadt.